Lullaby

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During the 1982 war in Lebanon, an elderly Lebanese woman struggles to survive amid ongoing conflict, doing what she can to provide basic necessities for her grandchild despite severe shortages of food and supplies. When the baby becomes distressed by the heavy war announcements blaring from the radio, she gently sings the popular lullaby Yalla Tnam, creating a quiet, tender space between two Lebanese civilians from different generations. In this fragile moment, they find comfort in one another within a country that no longer feels safe.  

 

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Maria Saade is a Lebanese cinema student at Université Saint-Joseph (IESAV), based in Beirut, Lebanon who directed her first short experimental fiction film in 2025; her photo-film is a metaphor that explores love during times of war, inspired by the realities of life in her homeland, Lebanon.